Ministry signs agreements with 8 coal mining companies
The Ministry of Mines (MoM) has signed agreements with 8 coal mining companies that registered a combined capital of 6 billion birr.
The agreement would help achieve Ethiopia’s drive to fully replace imported coal with domestic production, it was noted during the signing ceremony.
Minister of Mines, Takele Uma, said that he is hopeful that the companies will start production as per scheduled.
He pledged to provide all need support for the success of the plan.
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services Avails online air cargo booking platform
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has launched a new feature that enables customers to make online reservations for their cargo. The platform enables customers check flight schedules, space availability, loadability of freight and make real-time booking of their shipment in single and convenient way on cargobooking.ethiopianairlines.com.
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services is rolling out the online booking subsequent to its introduction of the mobile application to heighten its customer’s experience. The Mobile App which is available for Android and IOS, brings convenience to customers with a real-time update through a range of self-service features.
On the Mobile App, customers can check flight schedule, submit enquiry, receive notifications when the shipment is ready, book charter flights and track shipments. Ethiopian Airlines GCEO Tewolde GebreMariam said “We are pleased to offer our customers with convenience in their experience of air cargo booking. We are committed to start walking the long walk of taking out paper from entire air cargo process by digitalizing the logistics value chain. Taking out paper from logistics value chain is not only convenient and hassle free service for customers but also it delivers more efficient operational excellence and achieves long term sustainability goals.”
Situation in Kazakhstan discussed during a briefing in Ethiopia
Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Ethiopia, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the African Union Barlybay Sadykov held a briefing for Ethiopian media journalists on the situation in Kazakhstan and the state’s measures to normalize the situation in the country.
In his speech, the Ambassador said that Kazakhstan had been subjected to armed aggression by well-coordinated terrorist groups trained abroad. The purpose of this large-scale attack was an attempt to organize an armed coup. He stressed that currently the law enforcement agencies and the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan are resisting terrorists, and not «peaceful protesters».
According to B.Sadykov, peaceful protesters are not subject to any persecution by the state. Their demands were fully heard and satisfied by the state in the first days of the protest.
It was noted that the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev highly appreciated the results of the work of the CSTO peacekeeping mission, which effectively coped with the task of protecting strategic state facilities and plans to leave Kazakhstan within the next 10 days.
